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WRIGHT FLYER PB

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I first became aware of this book while visiting the Kitty Hawk Memorial in North Carolina. There, a park service employee showed me his dog-eared copy of this precious book. Even then, it was out of print and unavailable in the memorial park's gift shop. I only had it in my hands for a few minutes, but the book contained many engineering drawings and aerodynamic data which I have not even seen at the AIR & SPACE museum in D.C. or at WRIGHT PATTERSON A.F.B. in the Airforce Museum there. I have looked for it since. A must have for any true aviation buff.

Chris Rau

Editor Wolko pulls together five important, detailed, and illustrated articles that supply all the details: just how did the Wright Brothers manage to engineer flight?

Trade paperback, 106 pp, about 70 b&w illustrations: photos, charts, sketches, technical drawings, specs. Notes and bibliographies appear at the end of each article.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Wright Brothers, The First True Aeronautical Engineers

Aerodynamics, Stability, and Control of the 1903 Wright Flyer

Longitudinal Dynamics of the Wright Brothers' Early Flyers: A Study in Computer Simulation of Flight

Propulsion Systems of the Wright Brothers

Structural Design of the 1903 Wright Flyer

Editor Wolko pulls together five important, detailed, and illustrated articles that supply all the details: just how did the Wright Brothers manage to engineer flight?

Trade paperback, 106 pp, about 70 b&w illustrations: photos, charts, sketches, technical drawings, specs. Notes and bibliographies appear at the end of each article.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Wright Brothers, The First True Aeronautical Engineers

Aerodynamics, Stability, and Control of the 1903 Wright Flyer

Longitudinal Dynamics of the Wright Brothers' Early Flyers: A Study in Computer Simulation of Flight

Propulsion Systems of the Wright Brothers

Structural Design of the 1903 Wright Flyer